Aretha Franklin did not leave a will behind: report

Aretha Franklin did not leave a will behind before she died last week at her home in Detroit. (STR / AP)

She famously sang that she’d be willing to give away all her money in exchange for some respect, but it seems Aretha Franklin had other plans for her hefty estate.

The Queen of Soul, who died last week at 76, did not leave behind a will when she passed, TMZ reports.

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The gossip site claims court documents reveal Franklin died inestate, which means she never penned a will divvying up her hard-earned cash.

Franklin died at her home in Detroit, and by Michigan law, her estate will be equally split between her four children: Clarence, 63, Edward, 61, Ted, 54, and Kecalf, 48.

The “Respect” singer’s estate is worth a reported $80 million, according to Celebritynetworth.com.

Franklin was rumored to have been battling pancreatic cancer for years, and eventually succumbed to the disease Aug. 16. She will be laid to rest in a private funeral in her hometown of Detroit Aug. 31.